Members Lee Flier Posted August 2, 2011 Members Share Posted August 2, 2011 Oh, sure that'll work IF you have a phone and an account. How do they charge for that? . In the case of the Kindle, they don't. You can download books and newspapers from anywhere and the 3G network usage is free. You don't need a phone. Don't know if it would work the same way for the car player, but it could. There are a lot of car audio systems that will double as a Sirius satellite radio if you pay for the subscription. Some car manufacturers even include a free subscription with the car. They may do something like that with this new system, and if not, or if you don't want to pay for the service (assuming they charge for it), you can just plug in your MP3 player and be done with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul McCartney Posted August 2, 2011 Members Share Posted August 2, 2011 But you have to carry so many of them. when i'm out of the studio I don't carry any sound carrier with me do you work in your knocking-off time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul McCartney Posted August 2, 2011 Members Share Posted August 2, 2011 .... Nail in the CD Coffin I like it simple and picturesque RIP Compact Disc .-.--..-.--..-.----..-.--..-.--..-.--..-.-...-.--..-.--..-.- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted August 2, 2011 Members Share Posted August 2, 2011 there is a reason i am down in the live sound forum. every once in a while i poke my head back up here to remind myself why. Just so you know, I was only kidding. You're welcome to be as conspiracy-minded as you want. It doesn't bug me, and it's probably good that someone is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted August 2, 2011 Members Share Posted August 2, 2011 As to Obama being a clone of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh - yeah, right. You gotta admit this one has maximum humor/entertainment value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lee Flier Posted August 2, 2011 Members Share Posted August 2, 2011 But, sometimes you just kinda have to scratch your head and wonder what's really going on. I just read that Joe Biden charges rent on a house he owns next to his for the security people assigned to guard him. So as taxpayers we're paying to protect him, and we're paying him for rent on a house he owns. There's nothing illegal about that, and if someone else owned the house we'd still have to pay rent, but jeez that's tacky. Why is it tacky? The VP doesn't live in the White House, and the Secret Service guys have to be with him 24/7, so they have to either live with him or right adjacent to him. If he owns the house next door, it makes sense. We're probably saving money by paying rent to him instead of someone else's property which would probably have to be searched from top to bottom to make sure it hadn't been booby-trapped by the owner or anything of that nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted August 2, 2011 Members Share Posted August 2, 2011 Why is it tacky? The VP doesn't live in the White House, and the Secret Service guys have to be with him 24/7, so they have to either live with him or right adjacent to him. If he owns the house next door, it makes sense. We're probably saving money by paying rent to him instead of someone else's property which would probably have to be searched from top to bottom to make sure it hadn't been booby-trapped by the owner or anything of that nature. Because it's shady. It allows Biden to make a profit. And it just looks inappropriate. And I'm sure they still did the exact same detail on the property. And I seriously doubt this assertion of "saving money". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dessalines Posted August 2, 2011 Members Share Posted August 2, 2011 How many nails are required for a burial to take place? Not a serious question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted August 3, 2011 Members Share Posted August 3, 2011 For the longest time, Andy Ellis at Guitar Player just took it for granted that Craig Anderton was the name for a collective of people because he didn't think the guy who recorded classical albums in the 70s was the same person telling you how to build circuits with ancient CMOS switches to destroy your sound. As to New Mexico, just believe me when I say don't drive into Dulce. It's better if you don't know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 For the longest time, Andy Ellis at Guitar Player just took it for granted that Craig Anderton was the name for a collective of people because he didn't think the guy who recorded classical albums in the 70s was the same person telling you how to build circuits with ancient CMOS switches to destroy your sound. As to New Mexico, just believe me when I say don't drive into Dulce. It's better if you don't know why. I have a hard time believing one man can do everything you actually do. And I probably know 1/2 of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lee Flier Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 Because it's shady. It allows Biden to make a profit. If he hadn't become the VP, he would no doubt be renting the place out to someone else. There's nothing shady about it. And it just looks inappropriate. Obviously it does to some people. I don't think that's a good reason to overlook what no doubt was the most sensible option for the purpose - namely his security. So... they should rent a house down the block from someone else, because it "looks bad" for them to live next door if the house belongs to Biden? Sounds like much ado about very little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators MrKnobs Posted August 4, 2011 Moderators Share Posted August 4, 2011 And if it comes to selling a USB thumb drive, I wonder if there will be pressure to lower the cost. A musician can make a gig worth while by selling a couple of dozen CDs at $15. But not if he has to sell a dozen USB drives at $5. We've started selling thumb drives at shows. What works for us to overcome the unit cost of production (i.e. the $5 or so for the thumb drive vs the 50 cents for the CD) is to sell both albums on the thumb drive along with several previously unreleased songs, some performance and commentary video clips, as well as some still images. *edit* wow, girls with braces porn spam on the boss man's forum, what will they think of next? Maybe we need to include some of that on our thumb drive albums! Terry D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 A medium that teaches many lessons, including that if everyone is beautiful then no one is beautiful... Except me, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted August 4, 2011 Author CMS Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 We've started selling thumb drives at shows. What works for us to overcome the unit cost of production (i.e. the $5 or so for the thumb drive vs the 50 cents for the CD) is to sell both albums on the thumb drive along with several previously unreleased songs, some performance and commentary video clips, as well as some still images. I wasn't talking about the cost difference between a CD blank and a USB thumb drive. I was talking about the perceived value to the customer. Everybody knows that CDs only cost half a buck to make, but still, they've been conditioned to paying $15 for them, so they do. But they don't have that baseline reference for thumb drives. My sense is that people will be hesitant to pay $15 for a thumb drive. They're more likely to ask if they can't just download it. You can't look at the liner notes and cover art on a thumb drive, and they don't store very well on the shelf. But then if what you do when you get a CD is rip it to a hard drive or music player and eventually lose, throw away, give away, or sell the CD, it doesn't matter what the medium is. You can do the same thing with a thumb drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted August 4, 2011 Members Share Posted August 4, 2011 If he hadn't become the VP, he would no doubt be renting the place out to someone else. There's nothing shady about it. Not to get into HCPP territory, but...Biden has done nothing illegal, or for that matter, unethical. He Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted August 5, 2011 Members Share Posted August 5, 2011 What's a CD? Isn't that like an investment thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coaster Posted August 5, 2011 Members Share Posted August 5, 2011 Do you like CDs? Wait for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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